[CBQ] Re: ntique full-scale CB&Q boxcar doors

["chris p" <dontbesojumpy@yahoo.com>]

so far i'm still unable to find anyone who deals in things of this nature. i 
think it's kind of a one-off sort of thing, doors like this as stand-alone 
items.

--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, chris presley <dontbesojumpy@...> wrote:
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> Hello, I am with an architectural salvage company and we have come across 3 
> antique wooden boxcar doors. They are a darker red and say "Everywhere West" 
> in white. (photo is attached).
> 
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> 
> These are the wooden-slat exterior sliding boxcar doors, and I am starting to 
> think they came off of an XM28 model car. I believe the are similar to the 
> era of this CB&Q 1920s boxcar photo here *the photo is also pasted into the 
> email below for comparison).
> Do you have any info on the era/age such wooden doors would have been 
> used--with that slogan? I am trying to circa date the doors within a decade 
> or so. Is that color what they called "Chinese Red?" 
> 
> More importantly--do you have any clue to the value of such a thing? Or do 
> you have any advice on resources where we could establish a value range for 
> antique wooden boxcar doors?
> 
> Any help is appreciated as this is outside the scope of our expertise. 
> 
> thanks,
> Chris Presley
>




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